Zou Heping of China began running uphill in 1979 -- now his regimen includes weighted pull-ups, rope or pole climbing, handstands, and frog-jumping the 2,500-plus steps from the base of Gele ...

Raise Your Game: What is pole climbing? Grant Gallier: It involves climbing up an 80ft or 100ft pole. The first person to get to the top and hit the bell wins. GG: I'm a tree surgeon, so I'm used ...

Speed-climber Stirling Hart whizzed up and down a 100-foot pole Sunday at Lake Sacajawea with the ease of Spider-Man and the speed of the Flash. At 23.33 seconds, he made second-place finisher ...

Pa. teen to climb greased pole, continuing father’s legacy Published: May. 19, 2023, 11:12 a.m. The tradition of grease pole climbing is a longstanding one in Italy.